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rated 0 times [ 164] [ 4] / answers: 1 / hits: 27477 / 11 Years ago, sat, january 4, 2014, 12:00:00

I have a input elements in html with two important attributes: id, and parentElementId.

I want to create a map/dictionary that looks like this: id : parentElementId.

var parent = $(.people-autocomplete).map( function(){ return $(this).attr('id')+':'+$(this).attr('parent'); }).get() ;

for know I'm putting the values into a string, which I parse later on in the code. I presume there is a more elegant solution than this.

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answered 11 Years ago harleyaleenag · Accepted Answer

Use an object:

var obj = {};

$(.people-autocomplete).each(function() {

    obj[$(this).attr('id')] = $(this).attr('parent');

});

You can then access the parent of a specific id:

var parent = obj.idName;

or through a string:

var idStr = 'idName';

var parent = obj[idStr];

And you can loop through:

for (idStr in obj) {

    var parent = obj[idStr];

}